Approximately half of people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes experience peripheral neuropathy - weakness, numbness, and pain, primarily in the hands and feet. The condition occurs when high levels of ...

Having diabetes for a long time raises your risk of diabetic neuropathy, or permanent nerve damage. You may notice numbness, tingling, and pain in your feet first, and then elsewhere in your body.

Handheld devices that can detect the telltale signs of peripheral neuropathy in people with diabetes could have another important function—predicting the risk that they will die within the next few ...

This is the first real effort to have a genome wide search for genes predisposing to diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center, using a genome-wide association study, ...

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Q: My dad is 65 years old and has Type 2 diabetes. He recently developed pain in his feet, which his doctor says is peripheral neuropathy. What is that, and what treatments are available? A: ...

Peripheral neuropathy is usually caused by an “over-firing” brainstem. I know what you’re thinking about now: What do I care about an over-firing brainstem, and anyway, just what is a brainstem? There ...

My dad is 65 years old and has Type 2 diabetes. He recently developed pain in his feet, which his doctor says is peripheral neuropathy. What is that, and what treatments are available? Neuropathy is a ...

Editor’s note: This Ask the Doctor’s originally ran in December 2017. Dear Doctors: My dad is 65 years old and has Type 2 diabetes. He recently developed pain in his feet, which his doctor says is ...

Diabetic foot is a serious, common condition that affects about half of those with diabetes. Key symptoms of diabetic foot include tingling and numbness in the feet, calluses, and peeling skin.

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